maybe, we are | ss

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"how was my son, my seokmin?"

joshua let out a small smile. "seokmin's fine, your majesty. though sometimes i know he misses the late princess, but overall, he's fine."

upon ending his statement, joshua doesn't know why but he saw how the king heave in relief as his expression on his face showed no worries like as if what he said satisfied him when first of all, he didnt do much things to make the prince, seokmin felt fine as he was right now since the only thing he could do was to be there for him... was to be there maybe not because he is his fiance and it was an order from the king, but he was there for all he knew seokmin needs someone right now as soonyoung and his other friends due to their busy schedules.. or more like, seokmin doesn't really need someone like them..

but he needs someone, like joshua.

though he doesn't want to be cocky or something and he also doesn't even know if seokmin really were needed to be with someone like him.. but day by day doing and proving that maybe he could, he realized that maybe his parents were right.. that seokmin prolly needs him. maybe in not the way they couldn't see, but the way both of them could feel.

"i dont want this to sound like it is an order from me, but do me a favor josh..." the king smiled again at him making him swallowed hard as heart created a pang realizing how the king resembles seokmin a lot. both kind and both has a golden heart and soul. "seokmin is all i have, and i dont know what could i become once i lost him too. plus i know you don't want to marry him in the first place but, can you be with him? can you... stay?"

joshua's brows furrowed hearing that sentence coming from the king, from his majesty, from seokmin's father, from the one his mother admitted who planned their engagement all along.. saying those words, that hidden words both of them kept hiding. that word, that phrase, that seokmin and him doesn't want to marry each other in the first place... that means, he knew? the king knew all along that seokmin and him hated each other and that acting.. the king knew it was all an act and it was all just for a show. he knew.. he knew all along.

so if the king knew all of those, then does he also knew they arent mated yet?

the alpha nodded as he let out a small smile. "ill take care of your son, your majesty. ill hold his hand."

"the prince was already here!"

but before both of them.. or i mean, both joshua and the king to turn around to see the arrival of the prince, they smiled at each other as the king tapped joshua's shoulder like as if he was confident with the words joshua had utter, and like as if it was the assurance joshua could really do for his son, for seokmin. once they both parted their gazes as they both turn around to see the prince, joshua's mouth automatically left ajar as he stood properly like a fine man himself as soon as he saw how seokmin went out of the car once his eunuch had opened the door for him. and though the prince was meters away from him, he could see from where he was standing how beautiful.. no, how perfect seokmin looked like was right now.